The directive to protect the code at all costs also begins to blur as the importance of the man and the code merge
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07/26/02
Windtalkers (2002)
35 %
Reviews Counted: 153 Fresh: 53 Rotten:100 Average Rating: 5.3/10
Consensus:
The action sequences are expertly staged. Windtalkers, however, sinks under too many clichés and only superficially touches upon the story of the code talkers.
Runtime: 2 hrs 34 mins
Theatrical Release: Jun 14, 2002 Wide
Box Office: $40,531,308
Synopsis: WINDTALKERS begins quietly--with widescreen aerial shots of clouds that gradually clear to reveal the beautiful mesas of Monument Valley. A bus collects Navajo volunteers Ben Yahzee (Adam Beach) and Charlie Whitehorse (Roger Willie). It's 1943, and the U.S. has developed an... [More]
Genre: Action/Adventure
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Adam Beach, Christian Slater, Peter Stormare, Noah Emmerich
Director: John Woo
Screenwriter: John Rice, Joe Batteer
Producer: John Woo, Terence Chang, Tracie Graham, Alison Rosenzweig
Composer: James Horner
Screenwriter: John Rice, Joe Batteer
Producer: John Woo, Terence Chang, Tracie Graham, Alison Rosenzweig
Composer: James Horner
Reviews
Top Critic
With Windtalkers, the glaring refutations of time, space and reality impress upon viewers the simple fact that Woo is at his best when he isn't attempting anything more significant than the most emptily satisfying explosion you're likely to enjoy - a scat
07/02/08
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01/26/06
Top Critic
What we get is a surprisingly entertaining film, corny as it is at times, that could have suited John Wayne. [Published 5-13-02]
12/19/05
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02/01/04
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12/15/03
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12/15/03
You’d probably be better off reading Catch 22 – even if it is for the fifth time . . .
09/24/03
A premissa é interessante, mas o terceiro ato do filme, quando Cage e Beach se tornam indestrutíveis, estraga o filme.
07/25/03
It’s tough to get worked up after watching superior films like Black Hawk Down and We Were Soldiers.”
06/13/03
While some may have used this fascinating subject matter to craft a serious drama with historical significance, Woo and his writers choose instead to stay with the high-octane action format.
02/08/03
What should be a moving story with spectacular battle scenes by one of the world's greatest action directors is a huge let-down.
02/02/03
Top Critic
Here, [Woo] has to deal with visual chaos. And he doesn't do a good job of it.
01/07/03
More than passable summer entertainment and I think if they were still making war westerns today, it would feel right at home.
12/08/02
...Windtalkers is one of the most exciting (not to mention violent) war movies to emerge in quite some time.
11/08/02
Inspired by true events, this war-is-hell action drama from John Woo is a failed epic that doesn't rise to meet the material that inspired it.
11/07/02
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